Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-23
MANCHESTER NEWS.
A DISPATCH REPoRIyRs GLsAsiNas
IN our SISTER CRY.
Delegates 10 the Convention Toicr
eors to Rebuild at Once Personal
and Other Items.

Manchester is entitled TO four delegates
IN The state Democratic Convention called
10 be held In Roanoke City, Angus. f'h.
The vote for Lee for Governor Ia his city
In 1885 was s7f.
No step will be taken looking 10 the elcs-
lion OF the delegates until after the n, OF
July, when the new city Commlttec as
sumes control Of politicn affairs. Thns
far only SIX members have been
elected; three each from the Third
aAd Fourth WsIds. leaving az many
10 be chosen feom the First and Second.
Strenuous efforts were made To have meet
,ngs held In these wards prior 10 The Way
election. when couucilu1eu bad 60 be n0nl-
mated, and the Dispatch urged then the
importance OF elcciing members o' The city
Committee that every ythlng might be gotten
IN readiness and thoroughly Organized
ready for ibe fall canpligD. All attempts
i'm this direction. however, proved futile
and no committeeman we're elected.
Unless meetings are held and elections
had before the organization OF the new
committee early in july the SIX members
that have been chOs. VIII have 70 seiect
as many from the t@o lower wards. Then,
aud not until Then, VIII ward meetings be
ordered for The elCctioo of DELEGATES.
The fall campaign prorsi,os 10 be very
interesting one and the Democrats SnoWl
arouse early TO the responsibility that VIII
rest upon them. aud see that perfect and
effective orgsDzltion Is bad.
TO REBUILD At ONCE.
Mr.. William II. Toler, senior member ~
the firm OF 1Oler d sons, whose furniture
factory in SwRnsboro and it, contents were
burned % the ground la.t Thursday night,
wss asked by q Dispatch reporter ye>,er.
day when they would commence to rebuild
He replied that all OF The Insurance had not
been settled up; That as soon ~ this was
done. IL the iUsurlnce.men did net decide
10 replace the building Instead OF paying
the policies (Which he had no idea they
would, work would commence. The
gentlemen In whose companies the
stock and machinery were Insured will
Day up. % both were entire losses. The ma
chinery was so damaged that NJ use can be
made OF 1t, and iC will have TO be disposed
Of as old IRON. Nr. Tolcr was expecting
the other agents over yesterday, and there
is no doubt that having seen the ruins they
will decide to settle up rather than under
take TO rebuild.
The old structure was A two story frame
one 5SxG0 feet. The one proposed 10 be
erected in its stead will be a. large or
larger; Of brick, with PARTITION walls. The
firm gave employment 10 eleven hands. and
would have added two more 10 that num-
Der had the fire been twenty.four hours
later. These. through the efforts OF their EN-.
ploy ers, have been able 10 obtain temporary
occupation, but will be retained by the firm
when operations are resumed. Such q
building ~ i needed for this business can
be- built in thirty days or possibly less.
some Of the hand, will be put 10 work
directly the building j. begun. and when II
is completed larger force than ever before
will be engaged.
Toler 4 sons BEGAN the manufacture OF
furniture on a small scale net long since
With but 500 capital. by pluck, energy,
pcrseyo trance, and the ecOnOmi cal adminis-
tration Of their shiirs they have been able
from tine 10 time o add 10 their
facilities, and their energetic Efforts
| have been attended with su cess
| greater than could have been expected.
Nothing daunted by this calamity th.v VIII
| 90 10 work sgain with renewed spirit and
vim, and will no doubt soon OyercO ne the
los sustained by the ire. The engioe AMI
! boiler can bc used, 1t !, thought, aiter t1ey
undergo repairs.
COULD NOT TESTIFY.
I'm the IIustings Court yesterday Judge
! Ingram hrlrd ciIil aud chancery eases.
The only Que in which there was any interest
| felt was that Of W. A. :. DIyi, against Jen-
ME Landum. \ young gentleman died
recently at Mr.. Dlyi,'s house, where he W.,
| boarding, aud LEFT numerous articles, am0 X
them a watch. lie had no relatives here.
shortly after ls death Miss LInd.dn
! called on Mr.. DAVIS and asked TO- tte
watch, cllimlug that it wa- her property.
It having been given to her bv
the gentleman, and she having lent
II 10 him. Mr.. Davis declined 10 deli;ef II
10 her. feeling that be- had no gutForlty
| for 20 doing. >hc thcrcupOn brough,
! ,uit to recover the watch, and JUS
| tce Pcrdue, who admitted her tesl-
mony, decided that the watch belonged
| 10 brr. and, in addition thereto, a~ard@d
| hCr {, damages for The unlawful detention
| cf The watch. From tins Mr.. DAVIS sp-
/ pealcd. Judge Ingram declined 10 admit
| Hiss Landrum's testimony aud, there being
! no wIlnesse, to sustain her claims, the ap-
/ peal was sustained.
The court will probably adjourn lcr the
! tenn to-day.
COUNTY NOTES.
Mr.. NJ. \. Cogbill, clerk OF the Gu =
| field County Court, was IN the city Tues
! day. lie says work i progressing on tue
I clctk's new brick office very slowly. and
unless there is some improve nent the
work will hardly be completed this
year. The Office when finished VIII be- a.
near fro-proof a. possible and one OF the
be,l In the state The county has many
ancient and valuable records, and II !,
| necessary that they should have some piac.
! Of safckeepiDg.
Mr. II. Darlington Watkins had a fine
mule, which be had recently plrchas'd,
Killed by the lightning Monday night.
There we're several horses IN the stable
With II, but none Of them were hurt,
nor wa, the building. several Of the
large sbadc-trees at Buck Iii! were
injured by the storm. A large oak near
Granite was struck By lightning Tuesday
night and completely shattered. Wheat
suffered bui little by the storm, a. il md all
been cut The stacks were blown down,
but The grain was not much damaged.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Work on the freight depot at the Hall
street crossing has not yet been commenced.
! Timber hes been put IN place and Did- are
now being received for doing the work.
The frst watermelon seen in Mlnches-
ter This season was received by Mr.. W. T..
stsrke yesterday.
Judge Il. a. Hancock was IL the city
yesterday.
Mir. j. W. Stubs Will open 4 Mattress
| factory the 1T OF July.
large picnic party. hllIng eight fou,-
horse wagons, passed through the city ye-
| terday morning en- route for Drexry's Ma =
sion. They returDed at late hour in the
afternoon, having spent most delightful
| day at this beautiful place.
Mr.. Arthur G.. Evans, who ac ompanle1
Lee Camp 10 Boston, stopped over la
Philadelphia.
The rain last night materially affected the
attendance OF tue churches Of the city.